Staining Help

jerome8283

ok thanks

jerome8283

Hey guys I'm just getting back to this job. I need your input. Do you think I can get these nicks out by sanding?

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4thGeneration

Most likely not. Atleast not all. The best bet would to take them off, number them, have them planed, put it back together. This would give you a better start.

jerome8283

I'm starting to think staining these stairs will not get me the results I'm looking for. There are too many crevices I can't get to when trying to remove the old paint. I was wondering if painting them with a color similar to the stain color in the home would work better. What paints are available that would be best for painting stairs?

Perhaps I need convincing one way or another.

Thanks

Joewho

You may not be able to sand out the nicks, but you can wash and wire brush them to get rid of the black marks, sand and stain them in the "distressed" state.

It's always an involved project to strip paint back to natural wood. Very difficult to get the wood completely cleaned up.

I don't need to convice you. You know you want to paint them.

Keep in mind that washing or priming or doing anything that involves water will raise the grain on the pine, meaning another sanding.

You could stain the treads and paint everything else.

jerome8283

I attempted to stain the handrail. First, I sanded it lightly. When applying the stain it came out a little blotchy. What can I do to start over and prevent this?

Joewho

Either sand it out, or re-strip it.

Dale

I think you may be right.

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jerome8283

jerome8283

Thanks Joe!

Woz the Painter

Or you could do a whitewash or pickling....

Dale

lOL. I'm just sayin'...I think you may be right.

Once you have something painted and there are areas where surfaces meet at 90 degrees so you have a difficult time sanding evenly against crossing grains and whatnot, and then factor in the possibility of not getting all the paint out of the various depths of grain and nick and scuffs etc...and in your mind you have this beautiful image of virgin wood, preped and stained for the first time lookin' so beautiful in your mind...well you just may be disappointed....like you were and are now looking to complicate it some more by redoing it yet again....well you just may be better off doing a kick ass paint job on it....imo.

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jerome8283

Sorry Dale. I thought you were being sarcastic which why I replied in that manner.

I understand what you're saying. The stairs are coming out better than I expected. I ran into the glitch with the handrail because I believe I did not sand it properly. I decided to go ahead with staining because I hoped this would provide the closest match to other wood within the room. Thx

gcmiami

What is the best type of wood for stairs?

jerome8283

Oak..in my opinion.

jerome8283

Hey guys. I completed staining my stairs and wanted to share the pics. I'm pleased with the outcome. I could he done better but I think it came out pretty good for proless job. The wall is going to be done this weekend. Here are a few pics...

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Brushslingers

Nice look, what color did you go with? Got two different woods to match up fairly well... way to go creteboy!

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send_it_all

That turned out really nice considering what you started with...Very impressive.

jerome8283

Thanks guys!

I used minwax cherry.

jerome8283

My dog walked on the stairs for the first time yesterday. I see small scratches from his nails. Is there anything I can apply to prevent this? I'm considering tread covers but I kind of like the current look without them.